Lampang woman furious with "big bank" after losing finger in branch door

 

Picture: Sanook

 

LAMPANG: -- A Lampang woman has gone to the police after she lost a middle finger in a accident in a bank's main door.

 

Nareerat, 43, said that she has been offered a paltry 103,000 baht for her injury from insurance. Her efforts to get the bank to take proper responsibility have fallen on deaf ears despite earlier assurances.

 

The bank has just told her that they are not taking responsibility and the matter must be dealt with my the bank's insurance company, reports Sanook.

 

Said Nareerat, a Lampang native: "I have been a customer of this bank for 15 years. They couldn't care less about what has happened to me".

 

Now the police have summonsed the manager of the branch in the Sop Tui area of Lampang. And the case looks set to go to court.

 

Nareerat's woes began on the 17th of October after she left the bank where she had deposited some money. She caught her hand in the door and then looked in horror to see her middle finger severed on the ground and blood spurting everywhere. She promptly fainted.

 

When she came round the bank staff asked her if she had insurance and when she said "no" she was taken to Lampang Hospital where she hoped to get treated according to the government's 30 baht Gold Card system.

 

She waited from 10am to 2pm when she demanded to be taken elsewhere but, according to Nareerat, the bank manager said she must be treated there.

 

After waiting until 7pm to be seen it was then too late to reattach the finger.

 

Yesterday after months of being fobbed off by the bank and its manager Nareerat went to the police to step up the matter.

 

She has been offered 103,000 baht by the insurance company but she thinks she should get more and is willing to go to court.

 

Sanook.com did not name the bank but said it was a "big bank".

 

Source: Sanook

 

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The bank should and must have a public liability insurance for such cases,

and I'm they have, they just don't want to bother to help a mere lowly

customer, if it was me, I'd sue the pants of them for millions.....

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

The bank should and must have a public liability insurance for such cases,

and I'm they have, they just don't want to bother to help a mere lowly

customer, if it was me, I'd sue the pants of them for millions.....

They have.......and the Insurance company offered her 103,000 Baht componsation?

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

The bank should and must have a public liability insurance for such cases,

and I'm they have, they just don't want to bother to help a mere lowly

customer, if it was me, I'd sue the pants of them for millions.....

 

Agree, however in my experience local bank managers are very poorly informed about the management of the branch they are in charge of, often also not fully knowledgeable about standard banking policies etc., just make your own rules.

The bank with no name then

The bank should and must have a public liability insurance for such cases,
and I'm they have, they just don't want to bother to help a mere lowly
customer, if it was me, I'd sue the pants of them for millions.....

Farang against Thai bank? Would love to see the outcome.

43 minutes ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

 

Farang against Thai bank? Would love to see the outcome.

 

"A Lampang woman" the article says and as far as I know Lampang is still a province of northern Thailand, not the more infamous Farangland.

How many customers have visited this bank without losing a finger?

 

Sometimes people should take responsibility for themselves.

My guess is they delayed her treatment because they didn't know how to reattach a finger.

End result:  

"So sorry,  can not do now because finger die already".

"But you can go to pharmacy for paracetamol tablets !"

"Next !"

"A Lampang woman" the article says and as far as I know Lampang is still a province of northern Thailand, not the more infamous Farangland.

Wow. Reading ability has failed you.

19 minutes ago, xerostar said:

My guess is they delayed her treatment because they didn't know how to reattach a finger.

End result:  

"So sorry,  can not do now because finger die already".

"But you can go to pharmacy for paracetamol tablets !"

"Next !"

More to do with this statement I suspect: "she was taken to Lampang Hospital where she hoped to get treated according to the government's 30 baht Gold Card system." 

 

There are designated hospitals you have to attend. If you attend a hospital not on the list you cannot claim.

 

Den

 

Feel her pain. A post office door tried to bite my toe off once. Almost succeeded too, but of course the staff couldn't care less.

Just what is a finger worth damaged beyond repair down to the 1st joint?

This could become "in vogue" Suggest all banks get their fing   no doors checked

Must check my policy when I get home.

1 hour ago, Mangkhut said:

"A Lampang woman" the article says and as far as I know Lampang is still a province of northern Thailand, not the more infamous Farangland.

It was an answer to ezzra who said:"if it was me, I'd sue the pants of them for millions"

With only one quote many times it is hard to understand anything!  grrrr the new quote system....    ()

2 minutes ago, eeyang wah said:

Feel her pain. A post office door tried to bite my toe off once. Almost succeeded too, but of course the staff couldn't care less.

Just have to look where you are going next time.  Are you blind?  How can somebody lose a finger in a door?  It takes great talent.

She must not have bought the accident insurance policy that the nice staff at the bank had tried to sell her during her visit.  If she had, they would have taken her to a private hospital, where there was a better chance she would have been seen promptly.

One finger one thumb keep moving

one finger one thumb keep moving

and please avoid the door

B10,000,000 seems like fair compensation!

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

The bank should and must have a public liability insurance for such cases,

and I'm they have, they just don't want to bother to help a mere lowly

customer, if it was me, I'd sue the pants of them for millions.....

Your David and their Goliath ezzra good luck. The insurance offered her 103,000 bahts for Thailand that seems in the ballpark. Good luck on getting more unless your super connected like I will see your bank and raise you 2. 

Well you can say with certainty ...

 

she gave that bank the finger 

She is very lucky.

 

A lot of people have lost both their arms and legs to the banks and financial industry.

I guess in this case the bank really "GOT THE FINGER"

Sorry I just had to say it I really do feel bad for the woman

Next, she should go after the builder and the owner of the building (if the bank is leasing).  

 

May be to no avail, but worth a shot.

2 hours ago, Gerard052 said:

Just have to look where you are going next time.  Are you blind?  How can somebody lose a finger in a door?  It takes great talent.

What about people who are blind?

2 hours ago, denby45 said:

More to do with this statement I suspect: "she was taken to Lampang Hospital where she hoped to get treated according to the government's 30 baht Gold Card system." 

 

There are designated hospitals you have to attend. If you attend a hospital not on the list you cannot claim.

 

Den

 

Every hospital has to provide emergency treatment, after this, the patient will be sent to a designated hospital. Shouldn't have happend with a severed finger.

I'm appalled by the sick comments of people who mock with the suffering of a human being. Losing a finger  and making jokes or cynical comments just show that Farangs on this forum are no better. Shame on you.

That door must be some kind that I have not seen, pretty strong to lop off a whole finger.

  I have been to many banks in BKK, Hua Hin, Pattaya, and Chiang Mai etc, but have not seen

any finger eating doors yet.  103,00 baht is nearly 4000 Canadian dollars, and is nothing to sneeze 

at unless you have tried to get your own insurnace company to pay up.,, then it is pretty good

considering this is Thailand land  and not the Good old USA  or Canada.  In Europe, I am not

sure how generous the insurance companies are anymore.

Geezer

Well now so know what the insurance company thinks a finger worth 103000 baht TIT

Now you know why many banks have people to open the door for you..Lol.

10 hours ago, thai3 said:

The bank with no name then

I was just asking the same question. Who? I guess the defamation laws around here make it imposible to name the bank? Not sure. this is a real bummer for the injured lady. Wish her the best of luck.